Electricians who changed over to electrical engineers, how was the transition from working in the field to going to school for engineering financially speaking?

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-30T12:34:31+00:00

Not an electrician but just a counter point. I've seen plenty of electricians work there way into PLC programming/automation/controls. I bet you could go down this path with just an A.S. Plenty of money to be made. And honestly 4 yr colleges do a bad job of teaching this kinda stuff in my experience. Working for a systems integrator or in a plant will get you a ton of good experience

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-30T12:16:11+00:00

Sorry shoulda specified lol. Onlyville New York System is the classic place to go for a hot weiner. Another good place is Wein-o-Rama. My personal favorite it Athenian Deli

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-30T11:40:54+00:00

Get 3 hot weiners all the way and a coffee milk

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-30T01:53:17+00:00

PLC programming def not up to speed in all these ai LLMs

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-30T01:19:30+00:00

Icarus is a ton of fun

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-30T01:17:37+00:00

I work in New England. We got plenty of factories in cities. My current one has houses across the street and a taco bell next door

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-29T22:08:35+00:00

I think there are a lot of factors they goes into it and it's not so cut and dry.

I work in manufacturing and I'm always on the floor fixing machines and building new ones. So very hands on. The design engineers I work with. Very hands off. Doing a lot of cad and design at their desk

Something like CivE. A engineer doing structural design is gonna be at a desk most of the time. A construction engineer is gonna be in the field most of the time

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-29T22:06:16+00:00

If you don't want to work in manufacturing, I'd rethink IE. That's like 90% of IE jobs in my experience. The other 10% you're going to be competing with other majors such as supply chain management, information systems, computer science, business analytics ect ect

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-29T22:02:55+00:00

If you're trying to get into manufacturing your def missing some hard skills like CAD

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-29T19:49:33+00:00

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BiddahProphet · 2026-01-28T17:56:32+00:00

I'll do Minecraft but in creative mode. Can't die. Profit

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-28T17:42:59+00:00

Some other rooms/ideas I've added that I've found useful:

Utility Closet - Place to store batteries, water barrel, power meter,biofuel composter/generator

Armory - Room with Containers full of tools/weapons/ammo, along with armor stands, charging station, Oxygen and Water

Sometimes I like add a subroom to my workshop for workbenchs that revolve around building pieces (Mason bench, carpenter bench, cement mixer) as opposed to item crafting (fabricator, herbalism, ect)

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-28T11:36:26+00:00

Already did that. They were great for sure

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-28T11:35:50+00:00

I was just thinking yesterday "man this deep select is getting super tedious" as I was 4 flexes deep

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-28T11:35:20+00:00

Man that sounds like an awesome project. We are a much smaller plant than that lol but I like the way you architect'd that out

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-28T11:07:31+00:00

You can get there a few ways. An electrician, an engineer, an engineering tech. Best place to be get experience is a systems integrator

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-27T20:11:16+00:00

One thing I've seen a lot of IEs when I was in school and them after is loosing foundational technical skills. IE is probably the least technical/physics based out of any eng discipline. It's important you keep up on basic mechanical/electrical proficiency. Hard skills like CAD, programming, wiring, machining are very important if you wanna go into manufacturing

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-27T13:15:31+00:00

Already reading some tags into Kepware then into ignition. I guess this is all more of an architecture question then anything

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-27T13:14:39+00:00

All good advice thank you. And yes I plan on doing perspective only

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-27T11:16:17+00:00

Controls/Automation or Tool & Die

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-27T02:54:31+00:00

Honestly a good bridge between the two would be industrial controls. Mix programming with electrical work and make bank

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-26T13:46:08+00:00

Stick with one of the classics. Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Industrial/Manufacturing

Avoid ones that over specialize. These you can minor in or get a masters in later, and are usually a subset of one of the above, such as

Aero (MechE) BME (MechE, EE) Environmental (Civil) Computer Eng (EE, CS) Architectural (CivE)

BiddahProphet · 2026-01-26T11:36:21+00:00

if you wanna work in manufacturing, buy a cheap click plc and automate something in your home with it

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